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Want to be happy? Destroy your dreams.

Jan 3, 2025

Want to be happy? Destroy your dreams.

Jan 3, 2025

If you want my not-so expert advice: if you want to be happy in life, destroy your dreams. Let a dream give you the frame to live your life if you want, but don’t let it blind you to the joy of living your life as is.

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Jan 3, 2025

BeReal, My Beloved, You’ve Ruined Yourself

Jul 26, 2024

BeReal, My Beloved, You’ve Ruined Yourself

Jul 26, 2024

My beloved. My darling. My sweet social media love of my life. You’ve changed. You’ve changed and, in the heartbreaking words of Padme Amidala in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, you are going down a path I can’t follow.

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Jul 26, 2024

The Three Life Lessons I Learned From Watching All (Most) of the Alien vs. Predator Franchise

Jun 25, 2024

The Three Life Lessons I Learned From Watching All (Most) of the Alien vs. Predator Franchise

Jun 25, 2024

A little known fact about me is that I love a good dumb movie. Here are some life lessons I learned from these dumb movies.

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Jun 25, 2024

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Today's the day!! Fatal Flaws is now available online across all major retailers!!! 🤖

Thank you everyone for the support leading up to this point!! I couldn't have done it without my cheerleaders and beta readers who helped encourage me to finally

I am SO PROUD of @nategudenkauf graduating from UNC today!!! He worked so hard to get to this moment and killed it with his final grades!! I'm so proud of him! Congrats little brother! I love you!!! 👨&zwj;🎓

One week until Fatal Flaws is out in the world!!! Are you pumped to read about millennials fighting robots trying to take over the world? Because I'm pumped for you guys to meet Ada and the gang! Especially if you enjoyed the friendship and banter in

The final #indiebookstoreday haul! Between the four book sales we visited today, I think I'll be good for the next year on reading material. Don't even ask about the state of my TBR bookcase right now. 😅 Spot any of your faves?

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Only two more weeks until Fatal Flaws is available to the world! Who's excited to read about millennials fighting an android army and mental illness??

I'm also excited for you guys to meet Louis Ventura! He's our son of a billionaire prodigy (or pr

Only 20 more days until Fatal Flaws is released to the world! Have you pre-ordered your copy through Crowded Bookshelf yet? It works just like ordering books online and they can ship the book anywhere you're ordering from! But if you order through Cr

Did someone say " #MemeMonday "? 👀 No? Just me? Oh well! Here are some fun out of context memes about Fatal Flaws, my book about millennials battling robots and mental illness for your Monday!

I hope you've had a chance to place your pre

10 years of #NationalSiblingsDay posts and Nate has yet to acknowledge a single one, but I guess I'll still claim him as my favorite little brother. Not just because he's my only little brother, but because he's such a genuinely funny and good little

Less than 30 days until Fatal Flaws is released to the world on May 9th! Have you pre-ordered your copy yet from Crowded Bookshelf? You'll need to order before April 25th to get the 20% discount, free bookmark, and signed copy! Order now: https://www

I've been slacking on the food pics because I've been slacking in the kitchen (RIP to the price of groceries) but here's some of my fave dishes from the last time I posted about my cooking 🍳👩&zwj;🍳

Meet the heroes of "Fatal Flaws": Ada, Louis, Sammy, and Gates!

Heroes may be a strong term for this group of ragtag millennials struggling to make their way through the world, but they're the only hope against the android army trying to

I had an absolutely fabulous time showing off the comic I wrote with @rocketgrande last night at the Old Firehouse Author & Artists Exhibition!!! It was my first time participating in a writing event and my first time writing a comic! Marty did a

Figured this is a good of a time as any to warn y'all that Fatal Flaws has cussing. 😅 Since it's an adult sci-fi, the characters are adults and speak like adults sometimes. They also discuss other adult matters and maybe participate in adult things.

It's so fun seeing both of my book babies side by side. 💙 I know both of them are so different with Ghosts being a silly YA about fighting ghosts in a small town and Flaws being a more serious adult sci-fi about fighting robots and mental illness bu

Thank you everyone for all of the love and support for my latest book announcement! ❤ I'm so thrilled that everyone is excited for it and truly appreciate all of the kind words and support thrown my way for this novel. Y'all are the best!

I really

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